Daily Tech News 29 July 2023

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As Threads "soars", Bluesky and Mastodon are adopting algorithmic feeds. (Tech Crunch)

You will eat the bugs. You will live in the pod. You will read what we tell you. You will own nothing and we don't much care if you are happy.
Soars straight into the ground: Most of the hundred million people who accidentally clicked over from Instagram to Threads have stopped using it. (Ars Technica)

The article notes that Threads' count of active users dropped by 75% in two weeks. It doesn't mention that the amount of time the remaining users spend on the app also dropped by 75%.

Facebook and Instagram executives called this a positive sign and "better than expected". No, they really did.

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AMD has announced the Ryzen 7945HX3D, their first laptop chip with 3D v-cache. (AnandTech)

One to look out for if you're after a high-end gaming laptop. I'd like to see a workstation version with the extra cache on both dies rather than just one. Since a laptop chip is already power-constrained, adding the cache to both dies is unlikely to cause heat problems.
Aziyo Biologics has issued a product recall after its bone matrix material was found to be infected with tuberculosis. Again. (Ars Technica)

Have you guys ever considered not accidentally killing your customers?

Disclaimer: Then maybe you could move on to not intentionally killing them either.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 04:00 AM (SbC6h)

2 Maybe you shouldn't source your bone graft material from a Chinese political prisoner death camp.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 29, 2023 04:19 AM (BpwpF)

3 2 Maybe you shouldn't source your bone graft material from a Chinese political prisoner death camp.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 29, 2023 04:19 AM (BpwpF)

But they're right there!
-Chinese Communist

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 04:30 AM (zZu0s)

4 Actually a bit gallows, but it does make sense. The fact that the donor tissue has tuberculosis means the donor was not screened. If the donor was not screened, that means they may not be 'willing.' A painful procedure iirc.

There are a lot of horrors lurking both out in the open, but just below the surface.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 04:33 AM (zZu0s)

5 Aziyo Biologics issued a recall of all of its bone matrix products earlier this month "out of an abundance of caution"

"Caution like no one, not even us, has ever seen before"

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 04:38 AM (l1227)

6 In gamey stuff, was playing Remnant 2 yesterday. Honestly, it might just be a smoother version of Remnant: From the Ashes. Same gameplay dynamics. Same desire to represent a Souls-Like with guns. Good execution and gun play. Updated graphics and I think the controls are a bit smoother this go around.

The devs definitely did a better job with advertising/marketing this time around. It was a good game before, but I only barely heard about and tried it out a year or so after the first one came out. This go around, it seems everyone is playing the game.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 04:39 AM (zZu0s)

7 "As Threads soars"

Tech Crunch has a different definition of 'soars' than I do.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 29, 2023 04:42 AM (NsE9F)

8 7 "As Threads soars"

Tech Crunch has a different definition of 'soars' than I do.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 29, 2023 04:42 AM (NsE9F)

New Speak, man. Best Economy ever. 81 Million votes. 'Vaccine'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 04:43 AM (zZu0s)

9 Facebook and Instagram executives called this a positive sign and "better than expected". No, they really did.

Reading the article, Zuck "uses his mouth purtier than a 20 dollar whore."

Same as in town

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 04:46 AM (l1227)

10 Aziyo Biologics has issued a product recall after its bone matrix material was found to be infected with tuberculosis. Again. (Ars Technica)

Have you guys ever considered not accidentally killing your customers?

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I'm not saying it's Aliens but ... it's Aliens.

Posted by: ShainS at July 29, 2023 04:49 AM (L57Qg)

11 I signed up for Surfshark VPN a couple of weeks ago.
So far so good. A couple of things that made it not work so well, but I figured out what needed to be changed in settings.

Am I invisible now?

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:00 AM (l1227)

12 Am I invisible now?

Who said that?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 29, 2023 05:02 AM (BpwpF)

13 Am I invisible now?
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:00 AM (l1227)

Your hash might change. So is this really Bruce or someone cleverly socking Bruce talking about how he just go VPN?

*adds another layer of tinfoil to his head*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 05:02 AM (zZu0s)

14 Proton VPN is more privater. They have servers in countries who won't give you up to the feds.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 29, 2023 05:03 AM (BpwpF)

15 My hash is saying what I an feeling right now.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 29, 2023 05:04 AM (BpwpF)

16 Am I invisible now?

Who said that?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

I don't know! The voice came from over there

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:05 AM (vd8XM)

17 Proton VPN is more privater. They have servers in countries who won't give you up to the feds.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Like Ukraine?

I'll look into Proton too. Thanks

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:07 AM (QD3ev)

18 You can connect to Sweden and Iceland servers. Both countries are barred by law from divulging your info.

The feds can see you connect to a server in Sweden. That is it. They can't track you after that.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 29, 2023 05:10 AM (BpwpF)

19 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:14 AM (1n+EO)

20 Anybody seen Bruce?

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 05:14 AM (SbC6h)

21
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:00 AM (l1227)
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:05 AM (vd8XM)

Uh-oh!

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 05:16 AM (SbC6h)

22 76.6 degrees at stately VIA Manor.
With 76.3 dew point, and 99% R/H.

Moist out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:16 AM (1n+EO)

23 Anybody seen Bruce?
Posted by: m

He was here a minute ago

Posted by: Not Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:16 AM (QD3ev)

24 Um.

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:00 AM (l1227)
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:05 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:07 AM (QD3ev)

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 05:17 AM (SbC6h)

25 Moist out.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I haven't checked the gauge yet, but last night, after a day of watching the "forecast" (HA!!!) of rain we were to get go from 2 inches to 1 inch to .75, to.....nothing, the heavens opened up and the rain came down.

YIPPEEEEE!!

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:19 AM (QD3ev)

26 Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:00 AM (l1227)
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:05 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:07 AM (QD3ev)
Posted by: m

This is a test of the emergency broadcast system....

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:20 AM (QD3ev)

27 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 05:22 AM (BRHaw)

28 The problem with vpn is the hash changes.
A good thing about vpn is hash changes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 29, 2023 05:23 AM (Wro9I)

29 Bruce

We got .30 inches yesterday.
Not much, but it helps.
On the plus side, I was able to edge, trim, weed and mow the yard between the little sprinkles throughout the day. Even trimmed some of the branches back on the Crepe Myrtles, as those things can grow two foot in 10 days during flowering season.

And Dixie and her five ducklings were waiting outside the garage door, and all quacking, chewing my ass for being gone for 12 days and not feeding them.

Eh...that's life in the big city.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:24 AM (1n+EO)

30 And Dixie and her five ducklings were waiting outside the garage door, and all quacking, chewing my ass for being gone for 12 days and not feeding them.

Eh...that's life in the big city.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:25 AM (QD3ev)

31 Not saying that she is making a name for herself, but South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace got her very own 45 minute segment on B'More talk radio yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:27 AM (1n+EO)

32 QD3ev, please report to front desk

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 29, 2023 05:30 AM (Eeb9P)

33 Mom, 35, is seen in harrowing video using her 14-year-old daughter as a HUMAN SHIELD as she shouts at cops 'shoot' after high-speed car chase

A Texas woman has been caught on camera using her teenager daughter as a human shield to protect herself from police following a high-speed chase.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 05:31 AM (BRHaw)

34 QD3ev, please report to front desk
Posted by: Jamaica NYC

And to the "whites only" courtesy phone

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:32 AM (ys6Rn)

35 "Mom, 35, is seen in harrowing video using her 14-year-old daughter as a HUMAN SHIELD as she shouts at cops 'shoot' after high-speed car chase
"

This is simply another example of the love of another for her daughter. Nothing more.

Hey....who shit my pants!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 29, 2023 05:33 AM (1n+EO)

36 another = a mother

But, you knew that.

F'n auto-cucumber.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 29, 2023 05:33 AM (1n+EO)

37 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 29, 2023 05:34 AM (ju2Fy)

38 Sigh.....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:34 AM (1n+EO)

39 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 05:34 AM (xhxe8)

40 36 another = a mother

But, you knew that.

F'n auto-cucumber.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 29, 2023 05:33 AM (1n+EO)

Way too coherent to be Joe Biden.

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 05:34 AM (SbC6h)

41 The proper response for Shitpants would have been, "Arkansas? Really? Yeah, well, who the hell knows where that ratchet-ass crackhead's been partying. But Arkansas? Huh. Son of a bitch. Go figure."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 05:37 AM (9UlRk)

42 Maybe the asshole is going through all the branches of the service making bastards across the land.

Coast Guard Marjorie Fitzbiden says hello from Montana.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 05:40 AM (9UlRk)

43 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 05:42 AM (JvZF+)

44 Now that he's "recognized" it, Shitpants is gonna staple a brick of Benjamins to the baby and drop-ship it to Vanuatu to get it used to its future role in life as A Biden.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 05:46 AM (9UlRk)

45 H. Bidet... Ugh. Fugly. (oh, but he's RIIIIIICH!)

Yeah. Whatevs.

Some b*tches just gotta try for the meal ticket, I guess.

Bleccch!

Nice fake teeth, tho.

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 05:47 AM (Gkog9)

46 Some b*tches just gotta try for the meal ticket, I guess.

Bleccch!

Nice fake teeth, tho.
Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 05:47 AM (Gkog9)

Eh, when he's cleaned up and upright and clothed with a fresh coat of laquer on those fucking chicklets, he doesn't look too awful. At least better than your average slovenly decrepit MoC.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 05:48 AM (9UlRk)

47 Slime cannot be covered indefinitely, Warai-otoko.

It always seeps up to the surface...

Hunter is a real POS and the slime ooooooozes

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 05:52 AM (Gkog9)

48 "I think Penn didn't deal with your situation like they could've and should've. Putting up some barriers in the women's area of the locker room," Cohen proposed.

like walls with signs

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 05:54 AM (BRHaw)

49 "Hunter is a real POS and the slime ooooooozes"

That entire family is morally bankrupt.

Right down to the old family baby-sitter.
Nothing was morally off limits.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:54 AM (1n+EO)

50 Jupiter and Saturn are the brightest celestial objects tonight, couldn't find Neptune or Uranus.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 05:55 AM (JvZF+)

51 Show of hands....

Does anybody here, truly believe, that "Navy Joan"s mother would've let herself get knocked up by HB if he *were NOT* the son of a prominent politician?

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 05:55 AM (Gkog9)

52 "like walls with signs"

You mis-spelled baseball bats, with spikes driven through them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:55 AM (1n+EO)

53 couldn't find Neptune or Uranus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 05:55 AM (JvZF+)

... did you try using *both* hands?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 05:56 AM (9UlRk)

54
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2023 05:57 AM (ENBF0)

55 You mis-spelled baseball bats, with spikes driven through them.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:55 AM (1n+EO)

God created man and woman. The Thagomizer was created for those who can't tell the difference.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 05:58 AM (9UlRk)

56 G'morning, Alton.

Just a heads up

Apparently Uranus is missing

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:59 AM (1n+EO)

57 Does anybody here, truly believe, that "Navy Joan"s mother would've let herself get knocked up by HB if he *were NOT* the son of a prominent politician?
Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 05:55 AM (Gkog9)
====
If I had to guess I would say it was the abundant coke.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:00 AM (JvZF+)

58 Yay, it's Caturday!

Politics be damned!

Gonna be HOT here. Just like every summer. Ugh! Can we just scroll past July & August & half of September?

Plllleeeaaase?

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:00 AM (Gkog9)

59 Well I'm sure Uranus is there just that I'm no expert

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:01 AM (JvZF+)

60 "God created man and woman. The Thagomizer was created for those who can't tell the difference."

Didn't there used o be a song, French maybe, with a line about Viva le Difference!

I wonder if that's even allowed anymore.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:01 AM (1n+EO)

61 Does anybody here, truly believe, that "Navy Joan"s mother would've let herself get knocked up by HB if he *were NOT* the son of a prominent politician?
Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 05:55 AM (Gkog9)

Does anybody here truly believe that she was conscious and lucid when she got emBidened?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:01 AM (9UlRk)

62 JQ I should be tha last to assume what a woman's motivation would be

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 06:03 AM (xhxe8)

63
Just a heads up

Apparently Uranus is missing

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:59 AM

oh noes!

(sets kauphy down, so I can use both hands)

found it

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2023 06:03 AM (ENBF0)

64 Former BF (RIP) had a saying... When looking at some fat dumpy broad, either pregnant or with tiny child:

"AIN'T ENOUGH WHISKEY!!!"

Maybe coke is different?

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:03 AM (Gkog9)

65 "Can we just scroll past July & August & half of September?
"

That is what we tell folks when they want to come visit here in the Lowcountry.
Never in July, thought the first two weeks of September.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:03 AM (1n+EO)

66 I haven't seen a starfield like this in years. If the sky is ever clear in the city which it is never, there is too much light and it would be too cold to hang out and stargaze. When the moon goes down, the sky is amazing here in Sonoma. b"h!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:04 AM (JvZF+)

67 But yeah, re: hbiden & whore... Meh.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:05 AM (Gkog9)

68 Today is forecast to be the last hot summer day of the season.
I hope they're right.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 29, 2023 06:06 AM (Eeb9P)

69 "Does anybody here truly believe that she was conscious and lucid when she got emBidened?"

Same with Hunter.

Frankly it's a miracle that Navy Joan was not born with some medical/mental issues.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:06 AM (1n+EO)

70 Frankly it's a miracle that Navy Joan was not born with some medical/mental issues.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:06 AM (1n+EO)

Being 1/4 Biden is fodder enough for a proper Greek Tragedy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:08 AM (9UlRk)

71 We get another month, at least, of 90-100F.

I f'ing H8 summer here. If only we could afford to move...

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:09 AM (Gkog9)

72 Frankly it's a miracle that Navy Joan was not born with some medical/mental issues.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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That remains to be seen, doesn't it?

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:10 AM (Gkog9)

73 "Mom, i just got my ancestry.com report back, and it says I'm 14.7% black tar heroin...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:10 AM (9UlRk)

74 "Mom, i just got my ancestry.com report back, and it says I'm 14.7% black tar heroin...."

*SNORT!*

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:11 AM (Gkog9)

75
When the moon goes down, the sky is amazing here in Sonoma. b"h!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:04 AM

Are you of the Baháʼí faith?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 06:13 AM (enJYY)

76 18-23 July are the historical hottest days of the year here.

So we should begin to actually cool off starting this week.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:13 AM (1n+EO)

77 Today is forecast to be the last hot summer day of the season.
I hope they're right.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC

The last HOT summer day...from now on it shall be REALLY FRIKKIN HOT! All the time....Send us more money!

....The Gubbmint Weather Foretellers...

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 06:14 AM (ys6Rn)

78 "That remains to be seen, doesn't it?"

True.

But I pray that she is spared from that.

She is really the only innocent party in this goat-rope of a family.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:15 AM (1n+EO)

79 18-23 July are the historical hottest days of the year here.

So we should begin to actually cool off starting this week.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

UNpOssiBLe!

It's only going to get hotter. Only you won't notice it!

No such thing as a change in seasons.

Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 06:15 AM (ys6Rn)

80 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 29, 2023 06:17 AM (86W+h)

81 Just to be clear the naked chick who was firing on traffic earlier this week was in OAKLAND not San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:19 AM (JvZF+)

82 So apparently our esteemed Vice President is talking again. She called for government payments to women, so they can travel to states allowing later term abortions.

There are so many morally bankrupt parts to Kamala that you hardly know where to even start.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:20 AM (+a+fk)

83 She is really the only innocent party in this goat-rope of a family.
---

I wouldn't say that.

She surely must have known who she was sleeping with. If not *before* but perhaps *later* (when she sobered up, figured out she was pregnant, did some research)

In our age of child-murder-on-demand, she probably would've disposed of said child, if not for the $$$$$$$ paternity factor.

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:20 AM (Gkog9)

84 No although they ate fascinating

b"h is short for Praise the Lord

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:20 AM (JvZF+)

85 And 11-19 January are our historic coldest days each year.

Average low of 33.5 degrees.

Although December of 2022 we hit 17 degrees in the early morning hours.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:21 AM (1n+EO)

86 She called for government payments to women, so they can travel to states allowing later term abortions.

There are so many morally bankrupt parts to Kamala that you hardly know where to even start.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:20 AM (+a+fk)

Where's my re-lo reimbursement to move somewhere they don't murder babies in service to a government sanctioned death cult?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:21 AM (9UlRk)

87 Oooops... realize you meant the child, and not the whore mother...

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:22 AM (Gkog9)

88 "She is really the only innocent party in this goat-rope of a family. "

I'm talking about the daughter.

Not the walking sperm bank

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:22 AM (1n+EO)

89 In our age of child-murder-on-demand, she probably would've disposed of said child, if not for the $$$$$$$ paternity factor.
Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:20 AM (Gkog9)

I think he meant the baby

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:22 AM (9UlRk)

90 gooder and harderer

According to Oakland Police Department statistics, the city had already logged 3,370 violent crimes in 2023, an 11% increase over the previous year, as of June 25.

In nearly seven months of 2023, Oakland experienced 52 homicides, the same number as during the entirety of 2022, although still fewer than in 2021. Incidents of rape increased by 16% and robbery by 14% compared to 2022, according to police.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:23 AM (BRHaw)

91 Legalinsurrection.com mentions Sundowner for first time admits Navy as a grandchild yesterday

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 06:24 AM (xhxe8)

92 JQ

No problem

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:24 AM (1n+EO)

93 TODAY’S WEATHER FORECAST
7/29
94°Hi
RealFeel® 106°
Sunshine and some clouds

RealFeel used to cost about 20 bucks per song

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:24 AM (BRHaw)

94 Kinda surprised they even have statistics since the city's computers were held ransom for 4 months this year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:26 AM (JvZF+)

95 Payments to "women"? "Women" only? The filthy bigot. How dare she.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:27 AM (9UlRk)

96 Evening and morning, folken! It's odd, but the more time I have *off* from work, the less time I spend on the blog. Unintentional, I assure you. What's been happening aside from the herky-jerky dissolution of the USA?

I slept okay last night (thanks, melatonin). Yesterday evening we watched the Dungeons and Dragonsmovie with Chris Pine, and per Ace's recommendation, it is lighthearted and fun. A little long and a little too full of fight scenes, like most action films today, but that's offset by actual funny dialog and Pine's performance among others. It's not **DARK* and it has the courage not to take itself completely seriously while not being silly or campy. The "interrogating the dead" scene alone is a classic.

Who thinks Pine could play Robert Wagner's signature role, Alexander Mundy the spy-thief, in a remake of It Takes a Thief?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 06:28 AM (omVj0)

97 A San Antonio man tracked his stolen car down, pulled the thief out at gunpoint, and shot him dead when the thief tried to pull his own weapon. The cops took the right attitude, which is surprising.

"The owner of the stolen vehicle certainly has the right to track down their vehicle," he said. "Now, we would prefer that they called the police before taking that into their own hands, but he did what he felt he needed to do."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:28 AM (02h+a)

98 It will end badly the Cultural Marxists plan to let criminals run amok, so far it has worked getting those retaliation locked up as criminals. Really expect they want total rioting in the streets daily

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 06:28 AM (xhxe8)

99 I'm no saint & really in no position to pass judgment on others. Sorry.

Opinionated? Oh, h3ll yes.
Justified? Uhhhhhh....

Anyway.

FJB. (and everyone associated with him)

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:28 AM (Gkog9)

100
No although they ate fascinating

b"h is short for Praise the Lord

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:20 AM

I think Seals and Croft are Baháʼí. Or similar - one of those less war prone middle east religions.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 06:29 AM (enJYY)

101 95 Payments to "women"? "Women" only? The filthy bigot. How dare she.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:27 AM (9UlRk)

"She"?
H8er.

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 06:29 AM (SbC6h)

102 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 29, 2023 06:30 AM (T4tVD)

103 97 A San Antonio man tracked his stolen car down, pulled the thief out at gunpoint, and shot him dead when the thief tried to pull his own weapon. The cops took the right attitude, which is surprising.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:28 AM (02h+a)

Wow.

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 06:30 AM (SbC6h)

104 NJ is fixing to outlaw gas appliances. Because freedom must b sacrificed to Demofascism.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:30 AM (02h+a)

105 NJ is fixing to outlaw gas appliances. Because freedom must b sacrificed to Demofascism.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:30 AM (02h+a)

At least King Canute was trying to make a point.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:31 AM (9UlRk)

106 Can we just scroll past March to early December?

Wait. That's most of the year. No wonder I hate it here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 06:31 AM (omVj0)

107 "Quiet please." A reflection on the need for silence and a passage from the Gospel of Luke:

https://tinyurl.com/242dyatm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (OgTU2)

108
I should have referred to Seals as past tense, though I never heard about it at the time.

Seals had a stroke in 2017. After a long illness, he died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 6, 2022, at age 79....
snip
Both Seals and Crofts were publicly outspoken advocates for the Baháʼí Faith.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (enJYY)

109 "NJ is fixing to outlaw gas appliances. Because freedom must b sacrificed to Demofascism."

I would almost entertain banning gas appliances.

In return for the the nation shifting to 100% nuclear power generated electricity.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (1n+EO)

110 The dead thief's family is upset, saying vigilantism is a bad thing.

Oh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (02h+a)

111 Mazel Tov to Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, Africa's newest dictator!

Au revoir Niger and always remember,

No French.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (JvZF+)

112 Sprint race about to start for F-2 at Spa , not sure ever seen one of these

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (xhxe8)

113 I predict huge numbers of house explosions as people start dicking around with their gas system to get around these absurd decrees by the People's Commissariat.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:34 AM (9UlRk)

114 The dead thief's family is upset, saying vigilantism is a bad thing.

Oh.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (02h+a)

Shoot them too, then.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:34 AM (9UlRk)

115 "The dead thief's family is upset, saying vigilantism is a bad thing.
"

So was theft...back in the day.

But hey, here we are

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:35 AM (1n+EO)

116 110 The dead thief's family is upset, saying vigilantism is a bad thing.

Oh.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (02h+a)

Oh, I BET the dead thief's family said, "Vigilantism is a bad thing."

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 06:35 AM (SbC6h)

117 Seals had a stroke in 2017. After a long illness, he died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 6, 2022, at age 79....
snip
Both Seals and Crofts were publicly outspoken advocates for the Baháʼí Faith.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023

***
I keep thinking Seals went on to do country music, but that was his younger brother Dan, earlier of England Dan and John Ford Coley ("It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else When the Right One Comes Along").

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 06:35 AM (omVj0)

118 114 The dead thief's family is upset, saying vigilantism is a bad thing.

Oh.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:33 AM (02h+a)

Shoot them too, then.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:34 AM (9UlRk)

Well, if they steal your car and draw on you, yes.

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 06:35 AM (SbC6h)

119 Oh, I BET the dead thief's family said, "Vigilantism is a bad thing."
Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 06:35 AM (SbC6h)

"It's just things!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:36 AM (9UlRk)

120 Well, got a nine hour travel day, today. Better get to it. Have a safe and happy day horde.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 29, 2023 06:36 AM (02h+a)

121
Oakland has a part of Philadelphia history as 'Mumai' (Wesley Cook) went there and was radicalized.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 06:36 AM (enJYY)

122 Kindly transit officer helps a blind woman:

https://tinyurl.com/3t6cupmz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 06:36 AM (OgTU2)

123 I believe the Bahai are religious pacificists a la Quakers, and are therefore routinely hunted down and murdered by the Iranian fascists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:36 AM (JvZF+)

124 Be safe, Huck.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:36 AM (1n+EO)

125 Corny joke:

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?

A Thesaurus

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 06:37 AM (OgTU2)

126 Skip do you follow races this weekend in Sonoma?

It's a sea of Trump flags out there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:38 AM (JvZF+)

127 Safe travels Huck

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:38 AM (JvZF+)

128 81 Just to be clear the naked chick who was firing on traffic earlier this week was in OAKLAND not San Francisco.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:19 AM (JvZF+)

The naked chick was firing on traffic on the Bay Bridge aka the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, so it's ... both!

Posted by: m at July 29, 2023 06:38 AM (SbC6h)

129 Safe travels Huck !

Posted by: JT at July 29, 2023 06:38 AM (T4tVD)

130
I believe the Bahai are religious pacificists a la Quakers, and are therefore routinely hunted down and murdered by the Iranian fascists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:36 AM

Not too big on abortion either as the Seals and Croft hit 'Unborn Child' proved.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 06:39 AM (enJYY)

131 I use to try and watch LeMans racing but TV time if it's on is not what it use to be

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 06:41 AM (xhxe8)

132 Good morning horde. Happy Saturday!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 06:41 AM (5iFFd)

133 They are just things, but they're my things. Get a job like other people have done and get your own things. Sense of ownership that can't be given, only earned. Real pride. Worth protecting.

Posted by: Eromero at July 29, 2023 06:42 AM (z3WCn)

134 Not ONE incoming 8th grader at LeBron James' 'I Promise' school in Akron has passed state's basic math test in over three years

It is time to abandon government schools. Turn the money over to the childrens parents. Eliminate school districts and run each school as best you can.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:42 AM (BRHaw)

135 Back in th day of Jarles Chonsons blog, there was a practitioner of the Bahai faith who commented there from Thailand.

I was able to spend several hours visiting with him during a port visit on USS Essex.

He took public transportation for like 5 hours just to be able to meet up with me.

Nice guy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:42 AM (1n+EO)

136 131 I use to try and watch LeMans racing but TV time if it's on is not what it use to be
Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 06:41 AM (xhxe

IIRC a while back the SPEED network actually started devoting an entire 24 hours to broadcast the whole thing live. Don't know if they do that still, or if it was a one off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 29, 2023 06:43 AM (9UlRk)

137 "Turn the money over to the childrens parents. "

I can see a problem with this in B'More.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:43 AM (1n+EO)

138 Today I have to run out to the 'burbs for my haircut and beard trim. Miss Linda wants to hit Bed, Bath & Beyond (she says today is the final day, or this is the last week); World Market to get something with her eternal coupons. The last thing I want to do is drive around and run errands in the heat, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 06:44 AM (omVj0)

139 F oakland. Lived just off E14th for about a year. My technical address was San Leandro, but Oakland was 1 block away.

Could not safely walk down the street in broad daylight, back in '89!!!

Bye, calizuela! Couldn't wait to get outta there, more than 30 years ago

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:44 AM (Gkog9)

140 Good morning, jewells.

Hope all went well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:44 AM (1n+EO)

141 Verizon lost Speed Channel and LeMans race went to a Channel I don't have so that ruined the interest a lot

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 06:45 AM (xhxe8)

142 "Miss Linda wants to hit Bed, Bath & Beyond (she says today is the final day,"

From personal experience, don't expect much except for the dregs from the back of the warehouses.

BB&B was shopped out about three weeks ago for anything nice.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:46 AM (1n+EO)

143 A beautiful psalm about trust in God that He will strengthen and revive those who follow Him. Psalm 138:

https://tinyurl.com/3y75dabm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 06:47 AM (OgTU2)

144 Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), the new member of “The Squad,” faced endless waves of ridicule for a ‘thirst strike’ that failed to eclipse 10 hours.

“Yesterday was incredible. I was honored to be joined at my thirst strike by workers in Texas and across the nation—and by lots of colleagues pushing for federal heat safety protections,” Casar said.

“9 hours without water or food, but I’m more energized than ever to get this done,” he added.

fucking idiot

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:47 AM (BRHaw)

145
It is time to abandon government schools. Turn the money over to the childrens parents. Eliminate school districts and run each school as best you can.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:42 AM

I think it was Arizona which just passed a true voucher system with just about enough money for a low cost private school. I think the number was $7,200 per year. That's just about Catholic school tuition in this area of PA.

One year my wife's class in Catholic school had the highest scores on some standardized test in the entire county. They don't mess around with the bullshit going on in public schools. Nothing but the three R's. And gym class, and recess. Wear 'em out and they learn harder.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

146 137 "Turn the money over to the childrens parents. "

I can see a problem with this in B'More.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:43 AM (1n+EO)

they could not do worserer!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:48 AM (BRHaw)

147
Sure is hot weather for November, here. That's a statement my father made yesterday. Also was agitated that he needed to get ready to go to a funeral. Of a relative who died maybe 15 years ago.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at July 29, 2023 06:49 AM (Mzdiz)

148 Another corny joke which I also thought was cute:

Why was the equal sign so humble?

Because it knew it wasn't greater than or less than anyone else.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 06:49 AM (OgTU2)

149 Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), the new member of “The Squad,” faced endless waves of ridicule for a ‘thirst strike’ that failed to eclipse 10 hours.
----

Dipsh!t. LOL.

I will pour out a few gallons of irrigation water in his *cough* "honor" *cough* later today.

Posted by: JQ at July 29, 2023 06:50 AM (Gkog9)

150 " I think the number was $7,200 per year."

Baltimore spends $21,000.00 per student this year.

And they get graduates who are unable to read, write or do basic middle school math.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:50 AM (1n+EO)

151 Travelling prayers for Fuck Hollywood.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 06:50 AM (OgTU2)

152
"Turn the money over to the childrens parents. "

I can see a problem with this in B'More.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:43 AM

But is it possible to get worse results then now?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 06:51 AM (enJYY)

153 90 Year Old Sen. Dianne Feinstein: “Just Say Aye”

Just get her in the Star Trek Capn Pike wheelchair already.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:51 AM (BRHaw)

154 they could not do worserer!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:48 AM (BRHaw)

But is it possible to get worse results then now?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 06:51 AM (enJYY)

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:52 AM (BRHaw)

155 VIA yes yesterday was a mixed bag. I will start IV antibiotics today through Wednesday. Said goodbye to my oncologist. Talked to his nurse and if I change my infusion day to Wednesdays instead of Fridays I can get the replacement doctor I want. He has great reviews and everyone seems to really like him.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 06:52 AM (5iFFd)

156 But is it possible to get worse results then now?"

Frankly, for some B'More families an additional $21,000.00 in income would take them off the welfare rolls, and lose some other entitlements.

And they would consider that a bad thing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:53 AM (1n+EO)

157 Feinstein, Fetterman, Biden et al do not remind me of Capt. Pike they remind of the "Leader" character in Sleeper

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:54 AM (JvZF+)

158 New York City to Implement New Restrictions on Utensils, Condiments, Napkins, and Extra Containers in Take Out Orders to Combat Waste and Climate Change

Instead of getting a bowl of soup they pour it directly into your cupped hands.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:54 AM (BRHaw)

159 "Said goodbye to my oncologist."

Ouch...that's the hard one.

I don't wish to lose mine either.

There was one single weekly update during treatment that I had another Doctor covering for him.

Nope....didn't like it.

At all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:55 AM (1n+EO)

160 "Leader" character in Sleeper
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 06:54 AM (JvZF+)

was not that just part of his nose

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:55 AM (BRHaw)

161 People living in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago are not happy with the illegal border crossers who have been relocated there.

They claim that these people are harassing them and committing crimes.

Woodlawn voted 93.5% for Biden.

You all voted for a gooder ass fucking! Now take it!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:57 AM (BRHaw)

162 "Instead of getting a bowl of soup they pour it directly into your cupped hands."

So this is progress?

Seems more like a throwback to earlier and darker times in Europe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:57 AM (1n+EO)

163 A nice story from a guy who likes to read:

https://tinyurl.com/3b5hvrxz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 06:59 AM (2HwRn)

164 So this is progress?

Seems more like a throwback to earlier and darker times in Europe.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:57 AM (1n+EO)

next you will be bitching that your cave also has bears in the winter

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:59 AM (BRHaw)

165 "A man and woman arrested for carjacking and crashing the vehicle in spectacular fashion had charges against them dropped, San Francisco's district attorney announced on Friday - despite footage of the broad daylight crash going viral.

The pair are accused of holding up a motorist in a Lincoln sedan and hitting him with their skateboards in the Castro district of the city, near 19th and Dolores streets, on Saturday, and then robbing him of his car."

Well, who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:00 AM (iayUP)

166 142 "Miss Linda wants to hit Bed, Bath & Beyond (she says today is the final day,"

From personal experience, don't expect much except for the dregs from the back of the warehouses.

BB&B was shopped out about three weeks ago for anything nice.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023

***
I noticed that the last time we went, two or three weeks ago. The stuff I bought there on a regular basis for years, shaving supplies and shampoo and so forth, has been picked over and the shelves look the way our classrooms did during the last week of school.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 07:00 AM (omVj0)

167 VIA, yeah it was hard. I tried not to cry. Just gave him a big hug and wished him well.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 07:00 AM (5iFFd)

168 56 G'morning, Alton.

Just a heads up

Apparently Uranus is missing
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 05:59 AM (1n+EO)

Where was the last place you knew you had it, AJ?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 07:01 AM (zZu0s)

169 164 So this is progress?

Seems more like a throwback to earlier and darker times in Europe.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 06:57 AM (1n+EO)

next you will be bitching that your cave also has bears in the winter
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:59 AM (BRHaw)

Bears? Luxury!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 07:01 AM (zZu0s)

170 was not that just part of his nose
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 06:55 AM (BRHaw)
====
That is all that was left after a bomb attack.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 07:03 AM (JvZF+)

171 This sounds like a great book for people who enjoy art- "All the Beauty in the World." It's about what a man learned from being a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

https://tinyurl.com/4r8sj2d9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 07:05 AM (2HwRn)

172 jewells are they continuing IV antibiotics over the weekend?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 07:05 AM (JvZF+)

173
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), the new member of “The Squad,” faced endless waves of ridicule for a ‘thirst strike’ that failed to eclipse 10 hours.

Posted by: rhennigantx

===========

Males are now allowed membership on the sq--?

Oh, I see.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2023 07:06 AM (lCaJd)

174 I knew electric parking brakes were going to be a problem. Just another thing to go wrong:

"Ford is recalling more than 870,000 newer F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly, causing drivers to lose control and crash"
.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:06 AM (iayUP)

175 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 06:52 AM (5iFFd)

Thanks for the update. Prayers continue, dear.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 07:07 AM (2HwRn)

176 I think card carrying Cultural Marxist is more the key to get into the Squad

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 07:07 AM (xhxe8)

177 141 Verizon lost Speed Channel and LeMans race went to a Channel I don't have so that ruined the interest a lot
Posted by: Skip
----------------
It's on MotortrendTV. I have it on YouTubeTV. The full race replay is on regular YouTube now.

FYI.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 29, 2023 07:08 AM (sAmhv)

178 Hiya Jewells !

Posted by: JT at July 29, 2023 07:09 AM (T4tVD)

179
Travelling prayers for Fuck Hollywood.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

==========

Sorry, I can't suppress a giggle. Spoonerism Redounds on Local Pastor.

Sorry, Fen, of all the people for it to happen to...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2023 07:09 AM (lCaJd)

180 Latest update on my father has him rapidly improving both mentally and physically.
He may be released from rehab within the week.

And now they suspect that it was sepsis that knocked him loopy as well as the UTI.

Last Saturday he was basically non-verbal and incapable of controlled muscle movement.
Although he could and did communicate with facial expression and eyes. So I knew that he was still inside there.

Yesterday he packed up his walker, folded and loaded his clothes, and when his wife came to visit, announced that he was ready to go home.

But, he will still be there for a few days.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:10 AM (1n+EO)

181 jewells are they continuing IV antibiotics over the weekend?

Yes they are open today and tomorrow. I was surprised at that.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 07:10 AM (5iFFd)

182 Reading up in the Judge halting Hunter's extremely sweet plea deal, why do I think it's not over yet and he still will get a very nice plea deal?

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 07:10 AM (xhxe8)

183 Hiya JT!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 07:11 AM (5iFFd)

184 As a capper to my breakfast of a scrambled seasoned egg and a half bagel, I added the last of a batch of corn muffins from a few days ago. It was hard as a rock from being in the fridge. I slathered it with butter before popping it into the oven. Worked great.

(**burp**)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 07:11 AM (omVj0)

185 ""Ford is recalling more than 870,000 newer F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly, causing drivers to lose control and crash"
."

Let's see....a truck that is connected to the internet.
And a brake that is operated by an electric pushbutton.

Hmmm....nope, no room for mischief there.

Well, at least the steering and engine controls are not electric/electronic.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:13 AM (1n+EO)

186 now they suspect that it was sepsis that knocked him loopy as well as the UTI.

Oh yeah that will do it. Mom had a few UTI's that made her absolutely nutty. While she was laying in her bed one day she announced she was pregnant. I mean we had to laugh but that's how it can really fuck your head up.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 07:13 AM (5iFFd)

187
"Ford is recalling more than 870,000 newer F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly, causing drivers to lose control and crash"

Yikes, that could be a nasty rear end collision. My Rav has the electric parking brakes, too. Hopefully the Japanese engineers/code writers are better than the Ford peeps.
.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 07:14 AM (enJYY)

188 "Oh yeah that will do it. Mom had a few UTI's that made her absolutely nutty. "

UTI's are an amazing infection.

Just not in a good way.

And with my father being a stroke survivor, they sometimes present with stroke-like symptoms.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:15 AM (1n+EO)

189 Yes its best to continue antibiotics without interruption but I imagine some locations that is just not available…

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 07:16 AM (JvZF+)

190 Oh brother.

"Grieving Barack Obama is seen hitting the links while wife Michelle plays an intense game of tennis as they are pictured in Martha's Vineyard for the first time since their personal chef tragically drowned near their estate"

Grief affects different people different ways. Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:17 AM (iayUP)

191 >> Well I'm sure Uranus is there just that I'm no expert

Stellarium will find it for you. It's not nekkid eye visible. You need a telescope to see you Uranus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at July 29, 2023 07:17 AM (Mzdiz)

192 We might ask ourselves, just exactly why did almost every manufacturer shift to electric parking brakes at about the same time.

Seems like there was a reason for it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:17 AM (1n+EO)

193 'Slather' is an awesome word.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 07:18 AM (JvZF+)

194 Grief affects different people different ways. Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:17 AM (iayUP)

honey the chef drowned
ok Ill get ready to go out

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:18 AM (BRHaw)

195 "You need a telescope to see you Uranus."

Mirror works for me.

Just sayin'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:18 AM (1n+EO)

196
You can, with good eyes, in true night in dark sky country (no light pollution) see Uranus with the nekkid eye sometimes.

Magnitude is about +5.6.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at July 29, 2023 07:18 AM (Mzdiz)

197 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

198 I think Tech Crunch meant sores instead of soars...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 29, 2023 07:21 AM (TGPs7)

199 When it comes to Uranus....I'm thinking we're having two different conversations.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:21 AM (1n+EO)

200 All that electric shit in a car in on the CAN bus, which is about as secure as a can of beans.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:21 AM (iayUP)

201 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:21 AM (1n+EO)

202 Good morning Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at July 29, 2023 07:22 AM (zddNi)

203 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at July 29, 2023 07:22 AM (ScR16)

204 I've seen this show before.

We control your steering

We control your throttle

We control your parking brake.

Welcome to...the Twilight Zone.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:23 AM (1n+EO)

205 American Thinker on the Chef the Obama's first say they were not ghete then changed to the obvious from first accounting they were there.
The first impulse is to lie every time isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 07:23 AM (xhxe8)

206 Good Morning Vietnam and The Horde!

May your day be enchantingly mellifluous...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 29, 2023 07:24 AM (TGPs7)

207 Well look who finally rolled out of the rack.

Hey Doof.
Someone mentioned Professional Pickle Ball yesterday.

And for some odd reason, I thought of you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:24 AM (1n+EO)

208 When it comes to Uranus....I'm thinking we're having two different conversations.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:21 AM (1n+EO)
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"Haha! It's funny 'cause you said 'anus'."
------ Benji Dunn

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at July 29, 2023 07:24 AM (ScR16)

209 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, guv'nor.

You put those dudes on welfare. Glad they could survive without your duck food.

One person I know feed duck all year out of his garage. At the end of the year, once the ducks were inside, he closed the garage door. The ducks were never seen again. Except as food. Don't want to know the details of that story.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

210
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, puppies taken care of, kennel dogs let out, now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian with coffee and some digestive biscuits, which I haven't had in ages and ages. They're so good I better not have any again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 29, 2023 07:25 AM (MoZTd)

211
I guess they had to make the brakes electrified for the new tech of radar based cruise control. Say the speed limit is 45 mph. I set the cruise to that number but it maintains a safe braking distance from the car ahead. If that car begins to slow down my vehicle does, too. If we all come to a red light my vehicle will automagically slow down and come to a dead stop without my intervention.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 07:26 AM (enJYY)

212 "The ducks were never seen again. Except as food"

Does he give feather pillows for Christmas gifts as well?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:26 AM (1n+EO)

213 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

Good morning.

Data & Picard: https://youtu.be/bl5TUw7sUBs

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

214 "If that car begins to slow down my vehicle does, too. If we all come to a red light my vehicle will automagically slow down and come to a dead stop without my intervention.
Posted by: Divide by Zero"

What if the car in front of you runs into the back of another car and there is not enough room to stop?

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:27 AM (iayUP)

215
Looking it up with Stellarium, desktop version. Uranus is somewhat to the east of Jupiter, rising a little after, and Neptune is between Jupiter and Saturn, closer to Saturn along the ecliptic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at July 29, 2023 07:28 AM (Mzdiz)

216 " If we all come to a red light my vehicle will automagically slow down and come to a dead stop without my intervention."

I can see that, yes.

Dumb question.

If they use the parking brake, does that have ABS as well?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:28 AM (1n+EO)

217
I trust all the technology on my car about as much as I do a $20.00 ho with my credit card.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 07:28 AM (enJYY)

218 Thanks publius very cool

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 07:28 AM (JvZF+)

219
"Grieving Barack Obama is seen hitting the links while wife Michelle plays an intense game of tennis as they are pictured in Martha's Vineyard for the first time since their personal chef tragically drowned near their estate"

Golf, tennis, Martha's Vineyard, Columbia, Princeton. I wouldn't be surprised if cucumber sandwiches and G&Ts didn't figure in there. Barry and Mike, the black Preppies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 29, 2023 07:28 AM (MoZTd)

220 "What if the car in front of you runs into the back of another car and there is not enough room to stop?"

By definition...you rear-end them.

Unless the electric steering dives for the shoulder.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:29 AM (1n+EO)

221 Good morning Salty, Doof!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 07:30 AM (5iFFd)

222 Village Idiot's Apprentice

He was not a giver. So no.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

223
If they use the parking brake, does that have ABS as well?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:28 AM

Can't say for certain but my guess is yes. We haven't had any snow for me to drive around in since I bought the car.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 07:31 AM (enJYY)

224 Hey Doof.
Someone mentioned Professional Pickle Ball yesterday.

And for some odd reason, I thought of you.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:24 AM (1n+EO)

Well, I am the self declared AOSHQ pickleball champion!

Posted by: Doof at July 29, 2023 07:32 AM (zddNi)

225 I found Neptune on screen but couldn't see it in the sky

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 07:32 AM (JvZF+)

226 Good morning Salty, Doof!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 29, 2023 07:30 AM (5iFFd)

{{{Jewells}}}!!

Posted by: Doof at July 29, 2023 07:32 AM (zddNi)

227 I doubt they are using the electric parking brake to stop. The ABS system can do that.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:32 AM (iayUP)

228 "Well, I am the self declared AOSHQ pickleball champion!"

Yes, I've heard rumors to that effect.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:34 AM (1n+EO)

229 The way the Ford electric parking brake works as I understand is there is an electrically driven screw that turns the pads in and out. One it's clamped down it doesn't need electricity to stay clamped. It does need electricity to unclamp though.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:35 AM (iayUP)

230 Quite the thundercell last night. Lots of cloud to cloud lighting 6,000 feet up and up to 80 MPH winds. The temperature went from 102°F to 80°F in 15 minutes.

The trees around the house are whipping all over. Good thing they got lignin, or they would all snap. I was on the porch watching this, and a poor spider trying to save it's web. Alas.

These storms are why I like Kansas. Such drama. Well, with a strongly built house, that is.

The rain afterwards was gentle. The corn crop appreciated it. Our corn here looks great, and soybeans are growing well.

If you do not lock your car in town, you risk a "friend" putting a bag of zucchini in it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

231 Data & Picard: https://youtu.be/bl5TUw7sUBs
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:27 AM (u82oZ)
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You're working on getting that stuck in my head, aren't you?

Good morning, sir.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at July 29, 2023 07:36 AM (ScR16)

232 225 I found Neptune on screen but couldn't see it in the sky
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 07:32 AM (JvZF+)

get skymap for your phone

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:36 AM (BRHaw)

233 "I doubt they are using the electric parking brake to stop. The ABS system can do that."

I have zero understanding of how that adaptive cruise control/automatic pedestrian protection integrates into the braking system.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:36 AM (1n+EO)

234 Boker Tov Patriots

63 days

Pessimistic about America with the gutless bastards in the Republican Party who will no fight back

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 29, 2023 07:37 AM (pmmLi)

235 "Well, I am the self declared AOSHQ pickleball champion!"

Yes, I've heard rumors to that effect.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:34 AM (1n+EO)

Moron fact checkers have not been able to refute it

Posted by: Doof at July 29, 2023 07:37 AM (zddNi)

236 231 Data & Picard: https://youtu.be/bl5TUw7sUBs
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:27 AM (u82oZ)
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You're working on getting that stuck in my head, aren't you?

Good morning, sir.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at July 29, 2023 07:36 AM (ScR16)

WTF was that about

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:37 AM (BRHaw)

237 182 Reading up in the Judge halting Hunter's extremely sweet plea deal, why do I think it's not over yet and he still will get a very nice plea deal?
Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 07:10 AM (xhxe8

Being a realist is so depressing these days...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 29, 2023 07:37 AM (hOUT3)

238 Welp, time to see what damage I have.

Have a great day, everyone.

May zephyrs sooth you and nature's beauty thrill you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

239 Well, I am the self declared AOSHQ pickleball champion!
Posted by: Doof at July 29, 2023 07:32 AM (zddNi)

trophy pics pls

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

240 "If you do not lock your car in town, you risk a "friend" putting a bag of zucchini in it."

That's one way to describe it.

Posted by: Reggie Love, Obama's Body Man at July 29, 2023 07:38 AM (1n+EO)

241 I have zero understanding of how that adaptive cruise control/automatic pedestrian protection integrates into the braking system.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:36 AM (1n+EO)

midgets in the dash

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:39 AM (BRHaw)

242 I have zero understanding of how that adaptive cruise control/automatic pedestrian protection integrates into the braking system.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

With a century + of making cars you might think that they would know how to do this one leetle thing, eh?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 29, 2023 07:39 AM (hOUT3)

243 Be safe, Salty!

And may your seat be zucchini free!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:39 AM (1n+EO)

244 midgets in the dash
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:39 AM (BRHaw)
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If this were the Discworld, there would be a demon in there.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at July 29, 2023 07:40 AM (ScR16)

245 "midgets in the dash"

Ah.....thanks!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:40 AM (1n+EO)

246 NaCly obviously has too much time on his hands!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 29, 2023 07:41 AM (hOUT3)

247 If they use the parking brake, does that have ABS as well?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023
*
Can't say for certain but my guess is yes. We haven't had any snow for me to drive around in since I bought the car.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023

***
ABS has been around for decades. My '86 Mercedes S-Class had it. (I think MB pioneered the use of the technology, if they didn't actually invent it.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 07:41 AM (omVj0)

248 Commissar Hrothgar

Came back to say your focus on your family, your local AO, and of course the ladies (plural) can make the bad news of barbarians taking over the country fade away. You are blessed with those around you, and your belongings. No need to be homeless. The great America we knew lives in your heart.

Now GTG.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 29, 2023 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

249
I have zero understanding of how that adaptive cruise control/automatic pedestrian protection integrates into the braking system.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:36 AM

Radar 'sees stuff'. Although sometimes it doesn't.

Example 1: Following a line of cars it sees them and maintains distance. No problem.

Example 2: No cars ahead of me. A car 1/4 mile up the road enters my lane and I approach it at high speed. It does not 'see' that car for some reason and I have to manually brake.

It's interesting seeing the bugs in the system. But not confidence building in driver-less cars.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

250 245 "midgets in the dash"

Ah.....thanks!!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:40 AM (1n+EO)

Occam's razor

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

251 Well, I am the self declared AOSHQ pickleball champion!
Posted by: Doof at July 29, 2023 07:32 AM (zddNi)

trophy pics pls
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

As soon as Ace builds me a suitable shelf

Posted by: Doof at July 29, 2023 07:42 AM (zddNi)

252 Some cars have over 50 midgets in the dash and scattered all over the car. They talk to each other over a two wire phone system.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:45 AM (iayUP)

253 Because the authorities, bureaucrats, politicians and media who insisted on all this view themselves as good people, good people who simply don’t do awful things … you know, like wreck the health of strangers, kill their elderly parents in hospital, isolate them in their homes, ruin their business, shred their mental health and wreck the education of their children.

The rest of the article:

https://tinyurl.com/ya7hk5nw

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)

254 "Example 2: No cars ahead of me. A car 1/4 mile up the road enters my lane and I approach it at high speed. It does not 'see' that car for some reason and I have to manually brake. "

About a year ago, the dealer loaned use fully loaded Volvo with every safety feature known to mankind.

Adaptive cruise control worked.
Well, until we got onto the beltway. B'Moe drivers believe that if there is a car length gap between the front and rear car, there should be a car inserted into there. That thing was hitting the brakes so much as cars cut us off that I was damn near going backwards.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:46 AM (1n+EO)

255 My '16 Buick does not have the adaptive slow-down tech. It has a warning flash if it thinks I'm approaching something without slowing; I've left that on, but I turned off the lane departure warning flash-and-chime. It rang at me when I'd change lanes, for God's sake. On a trip by night it might be useful to have on, as it would warn me if I start to drift out of my lane, but I don't want it in the city or most of the time.

Since I live in such a flat swamp, I have little use for the parking brake -- unless I happen to park on some kind of an incline in a parking lot, for example. And I do put it on when I leave the car running so I can air up the tires with my plug-in compressor. Otherwise the parking brake just sits there.

Odd it was when I lived in Denver: I, the expatriate flatlander, was the only one I saw who turned his wheels when parking on a slope (toward the curb when downhill, away from the curb when uphill).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 07:49 AM (omVj0)

256 It's interesting seeing the bugs in the system. But not confidence building in driver-less cars.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

Also does not inspire confidence and good driving habits in people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 07:50 AM (zZu0s)

257 Adaptive cruise control worked.
Well, until we got onto the beltway. B'Moe drivers believe that if there is a car length gap between the front and rear car, there should be a car inserted into there. . . .
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023

***
Gnaw-luns natives think if there is a nine-foot gap between cars, they can and have a right to fit their ten-foot vehicle right in there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 07:50 AM (omVj0)

258 ha

@CNN
·
Follow
Another looming indictment for former President Donald Trump. Another day on the road selling the economy for President Joe Biden.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 07:52 AM (BRHaw)

259 "Also does not inspire confidence and good driving habits in people."

As crashes become more survivable, we begin to put our faith in the protective features instead of focusing on driving the damn car ourselves.

Another lookout my idea of removing the driver's airbag, and replacing it with a 3" steel spike?

Helps to focus one's mind on the task at hand.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:53 AM (1n+EO)

260 Yonder Horde

My wife's Explorer has a bunch of those driver assist, electronic, radar etc. options on it.

When I drive it I put into 'sport' mode, use the paddle shifters and turn all that crap off. It still has some of the features that you can't turn off... like 'pre-collision' alert. So, when the asshole in front of you decides to make a left, stands on the brake to turn, I get this loud beeping and a cool collision graphic on the digital dash with a red background.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 29, 2023 07:53 AM (Q4IgG)

261 school vouchers = government money = purple haired, nose ringed, fat, lesbo, trans, screaming libtard telling the school what to do and who to do it with.

So, no. Not a good idea. Instead, just zero the school budget.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at July 29, 2023 07:54 AM (9X60i)

262 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 29, 2023 07:54 AM (NBVIP)

263 Birdbath b full.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 07:56 AM (1n+EO)

264 So, when the asshole in front of you decides to make a left, stands on the brake to turn, I get this loud beeping and a cool collision graphic on the digital dash with a red background.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 29, 2023

***
The red graphic flashes on my windshield (I have the kind with the head-up display).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 07:57 AM (omVj0)

265 Well, I've lazed about enough for one morning. Off to shave and get cleaned up (I hate to go to the barber unshaven or scruffy-looking), do some more chores, and wait for Linda to show up for our trip to the 'burbs. Back later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 29, 2023 07:59 AM (omVj0)

266 San Franpsycho,

You want to really blow your mind go get a pair of 7 or 8X50 wide field binoculars and do some real spacewalking.

Lounge chair for the total immersion experience.

Posted by: pawn at July 29, 2023 08:00 AM (wsHtO)

267 On my Honda 2022 CR-C, the brake light comes on sometimes when there is not a car within miles of me in front?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 29, 2023 08:02 AM (pmmLi)

268 The NY Post is going bat shit about my AD-BLOCKER. F them

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 29, 2023 08:03 AM (pmmLi)

269 Electric parking brakes. When a safety system design basis compromises safety you need to step back and pull your head out of your ass.

Posted by: pawn at July 29, 2023 08:03 AM (wsHtO)

270
Soars straight into the ground

'Round these parts, we call that 'augured in'

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 29, 2023 08:05 AM (xG4kz)

271 "'Round these parts, we call that 'augured in'"

Lawn-Darting works too.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:07 AM (1n+EO)

272 Here's the thing about a CAN bus in a car. A hacker could insert a device anywhere in the loop and control any system in your car remotely. Say you wanted to the throttle could be set to wide open and the start/stop button disabled.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:07 AM (iayUP)

273
Did I hear correctly that the reason some powers that be want to remove AM radio from road vehicles is that it somehow interferes with the "parallel parking for 'tards" function?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 29, 2023 08:08 AM (xG4kz)

274 Want to take that transmission out of gear because the throttle is set wide open and the stop button does't work? Nuh uh.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:09 AM (iayUP)

275 Walked the dog
Now time to feed the dog and coffee the human

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 29, 2023 08:09 AM (ZhxNU)

276 VIA,

The B'more beltway.

I was actually at one time thinking of building a website called "Guard Rails of the Baltimore Beltway"

With all kinds of interactive maps and nerdy stuff.

Urban kinetic sculpture. Found art and all that.

Posted by: pawn at July 29, 2023 08:09 AM (wsHtO)

277 "A hacker could insert a device anywhere in the loop and control any system in your car remotely. "

I have a relatively inexpensive scanner with the Volvo specific software installed.

It is downright scary what systems I can access and manipulate with that thing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:09 AM (1n+EO)

278 > Here's the thing about a CAN bus in a car. A hacker could insert a device anywhere in the loop and control any system in your car remotely. Say you wanted to the throttle could be set to wide open and the start/stop button disabled.
________________

Search for a device called "flipper." It clones all sorts of stuff; key fobs, clones RFID chips, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 29, 2023 08:10 AM (Q4IgG)

279 "I have a relatively inexpensive scanner with the Volvo specific software installed.
It is downright scary what systems I can access and manipulate with that thing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice "

That's just the OBD stuff. Direct access to the bus lets you control anything that's controlled by the onboard computers.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:11 AM (iayUP)

280 Power windows. This shit all started with power windows.

'Ooooh cool!' we said. Then the problems started...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 08:11 AM (zZu0s)

281 "I was actually at one time thinking of building a website called "Guard Rails of the Baltimore Beltway"
"

I would subscribe to that!

Either that, or get the folks who do the Hey jackass website to come up with something for the Beltway.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:11 AM (1n+EO)

282 "That's just the OBD stuff. Direct access to the bus lets you control anything that's controlled by the onboard computers.
"

This is really not helping my faith in my car.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:12 AM (1n+EO)

283 was the only one I saw who turned his wheels when parking on a slope (toward the curb when downhill, away from the curb when uphill).

--

Grew up in a hilly town- everyone local knew to do that.
Visiting lowlanders rarely did

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 29, 2023 08:12 AM (ZhxNU)

284 they really did, LOL

G'mornin' Horde of Morons! (& 'ettes, never forget!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at July 29, 2023 08:12 AM (JJZMp)

285
You want to really blow your mind go get a pair of 7 or 8X50 wide field binoculars and do some real spacewalking.

Lounge chair for the total immersion experience.
Posted by: pawn at July 29, 2023 08:00 AM (wsHtO

////

Love your suggestion. For once in my life I'm living in an area.of somewhat dark skies

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in IllinoisI at July 29, 2023 08:12 AM (pJXAl)

286 Rained here last evening as rain barrel is all but full

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 08:13 AM (xhxe8)

287 "Power windows. This shit all started with power windows.

'Ooooh cool!' we said. Then the problems started...
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop"

It used to be a simple couple of wires and a switch and a motor. Now you need several computers to roll down the window.

With all the crap in cars nowadays you would be hauling around 500 pounds of wire without the the CAN bus.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:14 AM (iayUP)

288 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 29, 2023 08:09 AM (ZhxNU)

How did your husband make out with the situation with his job?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 08:14 AM (Keyt1)

289 alla youse are talking about the reasons my next car is gonna be a '64 pickup truck ... no electronics, barely even electricity ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at July 29, 2023 08:15 AM (JJZMp)

290 Would love that but I only see stars when I'm outside the city…which is too rare

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 08:15 AM (JvZF+)

291 "This is really not helping my faith in my car.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice "

On the plus side, CAN is very reliable. It's used in lots of things other than cars.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:15 AM (iayUP)

292 280 Power windows. This shit all started with power windows.

'Ooooh cool!' we said. Then the problems started...
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 08:11 AM (zZu0s)

/////

And air conditioning made the.nifty, triangular vent windows disappear. Were great for.flicking ashes.off a cigarette... I heard from a friend

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in IllinoisI at July 29, 2023 08:16 AM (pJXAl)

293
Another lookout my idea of removing the driver's airbag, and replacing it with a 3" steel spike?

Helps to focus one's mind on the task at hand.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

"... a 3-inch spike - nice, very nice! What additional features are provided with the 'deluxe' edition?"

"A tire iron mounted just under the dashboard on the driver's side."

"Oooooh! I'll have the 'deluxe' edition, please! When can I take possession of one?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 29, 2023 08:17 AM (xG4kz)

294 "lla youse are talking about the reasons my next car is gonna be a '64 pickup truck ... no electronics, barely even electricity ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

You and me. One thing I hate in new cars is the big LCD screens and the controls. Give me some knobs and switches that I can work without looking at.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:19 AM (iayUP)

295 ""A tire iron mounted just under the dashboard on the driver's side."
"

This option doesn't always work out as intended.

As this conviction article illustrates.

https://tinyurl.com/mr2t3ex8

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:20 AM (1n+EO)

296 Thunderstorms here today. I guess I won't be cutting grass. yay. I'm leaving for Charleston tomorrow. Any Morons over that way?

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:21 AM (iayUP)

297 JM in Florida, that vent window shot a whipoorwill right into my face one night. Doing about 70 in rural S.C. and it came right through with it's beak wide open. You got any idea how big that looked at midnight? Whoa.

Posted by: Eromero at July 29, 2023 08:23 AM (z3WCn)

298 You can find some really nice used WF binos on Ebay but many of them are out of alignment. It's not hard to fix that but you have to be willing to learn something new.

Also binos are collectable and most of the high quality vintage stuff is pretty marked up unless it has some kind of problem.

I collected at a low level for a while when I was teaching myself how to optically align them. I would gift repaired ones to my friends .

The best pair I ended up finding is a freak Japanese WF no name brand where all of the parameters came together for one assembly. It rivals the thousand dollar plus German ones in optical quality, especially for sky-watching. I have looked for another of the same brand for years without luck. They may have been scarfed up.

Posted by: pawn at July 29, 2023 08:23 AM (wsHtO)

299
You and me. One thing I hate in new cars is the big LCD screens and the controls. Give me some knobs and switches that I can work without looking at.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:19 AM

I converted a lease to a purchase recently and they wanted to sell me an extended warranty. One of the costs they mentioned is replacement of that screen - $1,500 dollars. I grimaced but still said no. It seems like there are $60,000 worth of parts in a $24,000 vehicle.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 08:23 AM (enJYY)

300 "Charleston tomorrow. Any Morons over that way?"

Summerville, a bedroom community for Charleston.

But...we are leaving for Jacksonville tomorrow as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:23 AM (1n+EO)

301 I'm against censorship, but I am appalled by these insane TikTik videos promoting gender dysphoria and affirming care. But it was fine to censor medical experts who questioned the "vaccine".

Ace's posts yesterday on gender were difficult to watch

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in IllinoisI at July 29, 2023 08:24 AM (b+KE4)

302 Good Saturday morning, horde.

House is quiet, coffee is made, and I have the horde for company. Life is good right now.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 29, 2023 08:25 AM (OX9vb)

303 "It seems like there are $60,000 worth of parts in a $24,000 vehicle."

They're onto us!

Posted by: Auto Industry at July 29, 2023 08:26 AM (SYTee)

304 Can bus is very mature and reliable. Some company just came out with a rad hard CAN bus controller that has all the spacecraft folks excited. The avionics buses used today are terrible to work with.

Posted by: pawn at July 29, 2023 08:26 AM (wsHtO)

305 While I would never consider Tim Scott for President, I was always happy with him serving where he is.

I guess it''s time to reconsider even that viewpoint.

C'mon Tim, you're smarter than that!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:27 AM (1n+EO)

306 I have an 7 year old Chevy Colorado pickup. I'm looking at some online forums for this truck and the new model, aside from being horribly expensive, is suffering from a massive number of electronic gremlins that drain the battery overnight. All related to the Google powered integrated display that controls literally everything in the truck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 29, 2023 08:28 AM (Q4IgG)

307 "Summerville, a bedroom community for Charleston.

But...we are leaving for Jacksonville tomorrow as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice"

When I was a kid we lived in Summerville for about 9 months while my dad was stationed near there. I don't remember the base. That was the place where I had to ride a school bus for an hour to get to school because they were moving kids around to diversify schools. I remember looking around the school cafeteria and being the only white kid in there. I never had any problems at that school though, unlike some other places.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:28 AM (iayUP)

308 There are stories of EV owners getting locked inside their play toys due to total power failure

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 08:29 AM (xhxe8)

309 Timmy, Nikki, Mikey, Christie, Romney, all peas in the same rotten pod.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2023 08:29 AM (JvZF+)

310 for those of you that are interested is such tech, the Brooks Steam Up is this weekend and next weekend July 29 - 30 & August 5 - 6, 2023 \7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Powerland Heritage Park at the Brooks exit, North of Salem Oregon. Drive north and you will see it at the 263 exit on I-5

https://www.antiquepowerland.com/steam-up/

Posted by: Kindltot - click to request information on the PNW MOMEE Saturnday August 19 2023 IN OREGON at July 29, 2023 08:30 AM (xhaym)

311 That 'One Teaspoon Every Night' ad on the homepage is somewhat unsettling.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:30 AM (1n+EO)

312 Of course there is also a PNW MoMee on August 19 2023.

Click the link to request information

Posted by: Kindltot - click to request information on the PNW MOMEE Saturnday August 19 2023 IN OREGON at July 29, 2023 08:31 AM (xhaym)

313 297 JM in Florida, that vent window shot a whipoorwill right into my face one night. Doing about 70 in rural S.C. and it came right through with it's beak wide open. You got any idea how big that looked at midnight? Whoa.
Posted by: Eromero at July 29, 2023 08:23 AM

/////

Yikes! I thought they only to let in a gentle breeze. Something lighter to go with the memory:

https://youtu.be/jPJO88rqbew

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in IllinoisI at July 29, 2023 08:31 AM (lyikP)

314
Powerline's Week in Pictures is up

tinyurl.com/Powerline20230729

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2023 08:31 AM (ENBF0)

315 NY Post has switched to admiral or something

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 08:32 AM (BRHaw)

316 "There are stories of EV owners getting locked inside their play toys due to total power failure
Posted by: Skip"

Yeah so that's another problem with EVs. Cars are already complicated enough and then you throw another level of control in there for the motors and batteries. Where there were only 10,000 things that could go wrong before, now there are 100,000.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:32 AM (iayUP)

317 Ciampino's Rescue kitties

There's another more extensive photo update #130 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Biscuits' BABIES ON WEBCAM
Now most nights as well

https://www.twitch.tv/kittenwatch

Posted by: Ciampino -- called them Directories at July 29, 2023 08:33 AM (qfLjt)

318 "When I was a kid we lived in Summerville for about 9 months while my dad was stationed near there. "

When I was here in 78-90 as a single Sailor, Summerville was where all the 'Old and Married' Enlisted folks moved to.

Now the base is gone, and the Weapons Station is home to the Navy's Nuclear Power Training Command, with several decommissioned Nuke subs tied up at the piers for the trainees to operate.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:33 AM (1n+EO)

319
That's just the OBD stuff. Direct access to the bus lets you control anything that's controlled by the onboard computers.
Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:11 AM (iayUP)

////

Any truth to the rumor that all 2025 cars will.come with a remotely accessible (like, by cops) kill switch?

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in IllinoisI at July 29, 2023 08:38 AM (AFr51)

320 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 29, 2023 08:38 AM (J47y1)

321 WiP is first picture I saw of woman on the freeway blazing away, and I did search for it.

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 08:39 AM (xhxe8)

322 Considering the not accidentally or intentionally killing your customers: The snark is strong with Pixy this morning. I like it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 29, 2023 08:39 AM (nRMeC)

323 Vent windows were good gor throwing out peanut hulls.

Posted by: Eromero at July 29, 2023 08:40 AM (z3WCn)

324 Nothing says unconditional love like a Friday night news dump of the first acknowledgment of a 4-yr-old grandchild. Family, loyalty, decency.

why now

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 29, 2023 08:42 AM (BRHaw)

325
Powerline's Week in Pictures is up

Just realized the Barbie Camper and Barbie Science Lab I bought for my daughter is like Barbie Breaking Bad.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 29, 2023 08:42 AM (enJYY)

326 alla youse are talking about the reasons my next car is gonna be a '64 pickup truck ... no electronics, barely even electricity ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at July 29, 2023 08:15 AM (JJZMp)

So you have a spare 40k lying around?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2023 08:43 AM (Angsy)

327 "Any truth to the rumor that all 2025 cars will.come with a remotely accessible (like, by cops) kill switch?
Posted by: JM in Florida"

I don't know but wouldn't be surprised. It's easy enough to implement.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:48 AM (iayUP)

328 If the programming is there for a kill switch, then I assume the kill switch command can be overridden thru programming.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:50 AM (iayUP)

329 " "Any truth to the rumor that all 2025 cars will.come with a remotely accessible (like, by cops) kill switch?
Posted by: JM in Florida"

I don't know but wouldn't be surprised. It's easy enough to implement."

Another look at the possible hidden hazards of biometric smart handguns?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 29, 2023 08:52 AM (1n+EO)

330 A software controlled kill switch is not really a kill switch. There needs to be a manual disconnect. That's why I advocate for a big red switch on the side of every robot.

Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 08:53 AM (iayUP)

331
Enjoy beautiful Colorado.

Go for a hike, see sweeping vistas, marvel at the wildflowers. Or, take one misstep and have everything go wrong, and end up as a skeleton someone finds years later.

Either way, you had an authentic 'Colorado Outdoors' experience.

https://tinyurl.com/2wwvz9bk

Posted by: DB - weekend edition at July 29, 2023 08:54 AM (geLO8)

332 Back in 80s my FiL always liked pre electronic vehicles so he could work on them

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 08:55 AM (xhxe8)

333 Enjoy beautiful Colorado.

Go for a hike, see sweeping vistas, marvel at the wildflowers. Or, take one misstep and have everything go wrong, and end up as a skeleton someone finds years later.

Either way, you had an authentic 'Colorado Outdoors' experience.
Posted by: DB

Is this where we say "They died seeking their bliss"?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 29, 2023 08:55 AM (J47y1)

334 Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:00 AM (l1227)
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:05 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Bruce at July 29, 2023 05:07 AM (QD3ev)

Bruce teaches classical philosophy, Bruce teaches Haegelian philosophy, and Bruce here teaches logical positivism, and is also in charge of the sheep-dip.

Posted by: Alright, we've got ourselves a bonzer philosophy department! at July 29, 2023 08:55 AM (e8n94)

335 several cars I drove recently are nanny cars, won't let you drive unless you wear a seatbelt, or change music while you drive. maybe I did not mess around enough with controls and could override , but did not spend much time in them so did not care. but controlling "in-car behavior' is definately there.

Posted by: runner at July 29, 2023 08:56 AM (V13WU)

336 They should put it on the CO license plate:

"So Many Ways To Die"

Posted by: DB - weekend edition at July 29, 2023 08:58 AM (geLO8)

337 They should put it on the CO license plate:

"So Many Ways To Die"
Posted by: DB - weekend edition at July 29, 2023 08:58 AM (geLO

I dig it.

Posted by: runner at July 29, 2023 09:00 AM (V13WU)

338 I will ride the few miles to grocery store and let the seat belt alarm scream away

Posted by: Skip at July 29, 2023 09:00 AM (xhxe8)

339 Coffee's up.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 29, 2023 09:00 AM (J47y1)

340 The last thing your car of future will say to you is
'Get out and walk, citizen.'

Posted by: Eromero at July 29, 2023 09:00 AM (z3WCn)

341 several cars I drove recently are nanny cars, won't let you drive unless you wear a seatbelt

-

Yep. A friend has a brand new Honda and it will chime continuously if you don't wear a seatbelt. Not briefly and then shut off, but apparently then entire time you are on your two hour trip if you choose to not wear one.

The other thing is that car manufacturers are required to shut their engines off after X number of seconds/minutes now, too. Which sounds fine until you realize that means you can't leave grandma in the car while you go in to get groceries because the car, and AC, will turn off after five minutes even if you left the key in the car and everything adjusted to prevent engine shut off.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 29, 2023 09:01 AM (5lbKt)

342 How did your husband make out with the situation with his job?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2023 08:14 AM (Keyt1)

Hi Fen, thanks for asking and thanks for the prayers.
apparently everyone (or practically everyone, including overseas execs) was called back but no announcements were made.
So fingers crossed.
The company is not doing well though (thanks FJB), so I'm still anxious, for hubby and local coworker bees.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 29, 2023 09:02 AM (vHIgi)

343 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 29, 2023 09:03 AM (zZu0s)

344 "A man and woman arrested for carjacking and crashing the vehicle in spectacular fashion had charges against them dropped, San Francisco's district attorney announced on Friday - despite footage of the broad daylight crash going viral.

The pair are accused of holding up a motorist in a Lincoln sedan and hitting him with their skateboards in the Castro district of the city, near 19th and Dolores streets, on Saturday, and then robbing him of his car."

Well, who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: fd at July 29, 2023 07:00 AM (iayUP)

I want this anti-carjacking device.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhWzMOccTg

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